Comments on: Flashpoint and Counterpoint http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/flashpoint/ Trials and Tribulations of an OS X Administrator Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: donmontalvo http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/flashpoint/#comment-11877 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 02:18:12 +0000 http://managingosx.wordpress.com/?p=740#comment-11877 Two words.

Cheap.

Labor.

Two more words.

Higher.

Profit.

Two final words.

We.

Subsidize.

]]> By: Jeff http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/flashpoint/#comment-11849 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:40:10 +0000 http://managingosx.wordpress.com/?p=740#comment-11849 Long time follower, never commented before… I find it hard to believe that anyone could justify or write off Adobe’s stubbornness about creating non-standard installers. If Apple did not have a free, working, flexible, supported and easy to understand installer system I could perhaps understand Adobe’s desire to roll it’s own… But to ignore the PKG system and create their own inferior and poorly supported system is a waste of Adobe’s efforts, causes problems for the hundreds or thousands of system admins out there, and in my opinion is a crime that should be punished with a good public flogging ;) .

]]> By: donmontalvo http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/flashpoint/#comment-11844 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:44:22 +0000 http://managingosx.wordpress.com/?p=740#comment-11844 I don’t mind subsidizing Adobe’s dev team if we end up with a deliberate, manageable solution (ala AAMEE or even better, proper PKG/MPKG installers).

PS, Jody Rodgers is a great example of Adobe acknowledging a problem and making a concious decision to FIX the problem, rather than duct-tape it.

PS#2, Jody Rodgers for President! :D

Don

]]> By: John C. Welch http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/flashpoint/#comment-11841 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:50:10 +0000 http://managingosx.wordpress.com/?p=740#comment-11841 It’s not a case of comfort, it’s that it’s not my job to repackage the Flash team’s installer so that basic, core functionality is correct after the install.

I have other things that require my attention. If the Flash team cannot get the installer right, it’s not like FP is as necessary as it used to be.

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